Chatham Core Family

There are a number of family medicine preceptors at the Chatham site, based in Chatham, Wallaceburg, and Blenheim. A majority of clinical learning takes place in the newly opened (summer 2010) Thamesview Centre for Family Medicine, which is described here.

Chatham has adiverse population. It is the commercial and administrative hub of the region, with much manufacturing and agriculture in and around it. There are large native reserves on Walpole Island and Moraviantown, and there are many migrant workers from Central America and the Carribean. Of these, a number are Mennonite and often speak low-German, rather than English. There are many socio-economic issues that face people, including substance abuse and mental health.